Pressing-machine



.F. J. COUCH.

PRESSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1917.

1,364,253, h Patented Jan. 4,1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET Il F.v J.' COUCH.

PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1917.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

F. J. COUCH.

PRESSING MACHINE. .APPLICATION FILED MAR.23.1911.

Patented Jan. 4f,y 1921.

IN2/5272271'. A

, T all fw wm it may concern UNITED STA roimns'r J. Corien, or srnNciinron'r,y NEW YORK, A'ssIGNOR lro THE AMERIOAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY OOMPANY, or OINOINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

:PREssING-MAOHINE.

` Be it know-n that I, FoRREsT J. COUOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spencerport, in the county of Monroe and vState of New York,`have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing- Machines, of which the following is a specilfication.

This invention relates to pressing machines, and more particularly to what are Aknown as sleeve, stickers. Machines of this kind are used for ironing and thereby sticking together the sleeves of laundried shirts,

` to "do away with' the insertion of buttons presser and yet hold the cuffs in the desired curved flaring form.- The invention is an improvement upon the machine described ,and claimed in an application of Dana H. Benjamin forpressing machine filed Mar. 12, 1917, Serial No.` 154,211.

The object of this invention vis to provide a duplex machinecapable of taking care oftwo sleeves lat the same time but independently of each other, and which machine is provided withlimproved means for guiding the sleeves to correct position between lthe pressing members and holding them'in such position while pressing. Further objects of the invention are to. provide improved heating means for the pressing members, to simand holding devices plify the sleeve guidin ify and improvevthe and generally to simp `operating mechanism.

Other Objects of the invention are in part tail hereinafter.

Theinvention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. I

obvious and in part will appear more in de- In the drawings, which represent one emy bodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the press closed; Fig. 2 is an elevation,.on a larger scale, of one of the movable presser member arms; Fig. 3 is an elevation from the right in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the member arm; Fig. 5 is a cross vsection on the line 5-4-5, Fig. 2; Fig.v 6 is a side elevation of the'entire machine; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the sleevev guiding member; Fig.- 8 is a detail cross section on the line 8-8, Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is a plan view of the 't stationary pressing member, the sleeve guide Specification of Letters Patent 1917. Serial No. 156,936.

being omitted; and Fig. v10 is an end view from the right in Fig. 9.

The machine shown in the drawings comprlses a suitable frame shown as a hollow Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

pedestal 1 mounted upon a base 2 and prosupply pipe 8, the steam from which circulates around a vertical baffle wall 9 to an outlet passage 10 through the foot 11 which rests on the pedestal, and which outlet delivers the steam to a pipe 12. The steam circulation through said member consefluently evenly heats both of the opposite ironing faces 5.

' The ironing faces 5 on member 4 coperat'e separately with two movable pressing members, veach provided with its .own suitable operating mechanism. As both of said member? are alike, description of one will suflice or both. Each member, as shown, comprises an arm 13'- having trunnions 14 mounted to turn in suitable supports, and

provided with a head 15 having a padded pressing face 16 lying opposite to and parallel with one of the ironing faces 5. Head 15 is preferably also heated, for which purpose lts inner cavity or chamber 17 communicates with two passages 18 in said arm, one of which leads out through one trunnion 14 by way of a swingjoint 19 to the steam supply pipe 12, while the other leads out through the other trunnion to another swing joint 20 in pipe 21. Pipe12 hasI two branches 12%, and 12b one leading to'each of the two arms 13, while the .two discharge pipes 21 run parallel to each other to the rear of the machine and join in a single outlet pipe 22.' The steam circulation described enables the stationary and movable pressing members to be heated from the same steam source and without interference with the operation of the mechanism.

The movable pressing members may be operated in any suitable manner. As illus trated, each arm 13 is provided with a seat or socket 23 opening downwardly to receive the upper rounded end of a pressure rod 24 whose lower end is pivotallyconnected at to one arm of a foot treadle 26 pivoted on the frame, cdperating with which is a releasetreadle 27 of common form. In the rod 24 is alongitudinally yielding connection 28 to take up eXtra motion and prevent the application of too much pressure. Arm 13 drops by gravity to open the press whenever the release treadle 27 is operated on the toggle effect' of lever 26 and rod 24 is broken, the fall of the. parts being cushioned by aspring 29 engaged by a collar 30 fixed on a rod 31 loosely sliding through an opening in a stationary abutment 32. A tension means eis' preferably pressed withl t e cuff removed from possible has a boss 43 in which is a locking pin 44y sleeves of the. shirt.

spring 33 connects two `arms 34, 35, on the arm 13 and rod 24 respectively, and maln- -tains engagement of the,

upper end o-f the yrod in the socket of arm13.

The duplex arrangement of oppositely disposed lpressing members enables the operator to simultaneously'work on the -two To secure uniformly good results ,and to sepure and hold the proper shape of cuffs 'while sticking together the two sides ofa sleeve, suitable provided for guiding and supportn the sleeve 1n positionto be contact 'with the ironing members. The means shownd coinprises a sleeve guiding and holding member 36 having a reinforced anglelrim or wall 37 Yopen on its front side and to whichis riveted or otherwise secured a thin metalv plate 33 having twJo narrow slots, 39 "parallel toeach other and having flaring edges 4() at their open front ends. This plate is located on the'upper flat face of the stationarypressing member 4in such position that the slots 39 are located di-y rectly above the places where the stationary and movable pressing members come together, vtowit, parallelwith the edges of the stationary Ymember and just labove its pressing faces.

The member 36 is preferably detachably secured to the member 4 so that. it can be readily. removedwhen necessary to repair or replacethe padding or for other reasons. As shown it is provided with several (three being shown) button hole slots 41 to receive screws`42 tapped into member 4, and also pressed downwardly by a spring 45. When the screws 42 are fully seated in the narrow.v

slit is held against the plain metal faceofd member 4. 'The cuff is above plate38v and hence out of contact with the pressing members,

and the confinement of the superposed V sides ofthe sleeve in slot 39 gives the cuff" the work. Two sleeves can be subjected to i pressure at the 'same time or the loperator can arrange one sleeve while 'the other is being held under ironing pressure.

It will, of course be understood that the` invention is not limited tothe particular 'construction of machine shown in the drawings but is capable of considerable modification ywithin the scope ofthe claims'without departing from-therspirit ofl the invention.

What Irelaim is,-

1. A sleeve press, comprising a stationary pressing member having two pressingfaces, movable pressing members coperating with said faces, and sleeve guiding means also cooperating therewith.

2. A sleeve press, comprising a stationary pressing member having oppositely disposed pressing faces, two movable pressing members coperating therewith, andI means for supporting thek sleeves in pressing position with the cuifsbeyond the pressing area.

3. A sleeve press, comprising a stationary pressing member having oppositely disposed pressing faces, two movable pressing members coperating therewith, and stationary sleeve supporting means coperating with both of said faces.`

. 4. A sleeve press, comprising a stationary pressing member having oppositely disposed pressing faces, two `movable pressing members colperating therewith, and a sleeve supporting member having sleeve receiving slots opposite both of said faces.

5. A sleeve press, comprising a stationary pressing member having oppositely disposed pressing faces, two movable pressing menibers. coperating therewith, and a sleeve supporting member having sleeve `receiving slots opposite both of said faces, said member being detachably connected with the sta tionary pressing member. x

6. A pressing machine, comprising a frame, a stationary pressing member hav' ing a l'ateral'pressing face, ing member, an -arm pivoted in the frame to swing ina plane normal to the face of said sta-tionary pressing member and carrying said movable member, an operating member mounted for movement in a plane parallel a movable presstovsaid stationary pressing face, an operati Y ing treadle,

a rod operativelyconnectedy to said treadle,

and a universal joint connec- 1.30

tion between said rod andv said swinging arm.

7. A pressing machine, lcomprising la frame, a stationary pressing member having a lateralpressing' face, a movable pressing member, an arm pivoted in the frame to Swing in a plane normal to the face of said stationary pressing member and carrying said movable member; an operatlng member mounted for movementin a plane parallelv to said stationary pressing face, an operating treadle, a rod operatively 4connected to said'treadle, and a ball and socket joint between said rod and said swinging arm.

8. A pressing machine, comprising a frame, a stationary pressing member having a lateraLpressing face, a movable pressing member, an arm 'pivoted in the frame to swing in a plane normal to the face of said stationary pressing member and carrying said movable member, an operating member mounted for movement in a plane parallel to said stationary pressing face, an operating treadle, a .rod operatively connected to said treadle, a ball andy socket jointconnection vbetween said swinging arm and said rod,

. erating treadle, a rod operatively connected to said treadle, a ball and socket joint connection between fsaid swinging arm and said rod, and a spring' for holding said ball and socket'joint in operative connection.

l0; A pressing machine, comprising a frame, a stationary pressing member having a lateral pressing face, a movable pressing member, an arm pivoted inthe frame to swing in al plane normal to the face of 'said stationary pressing, member and carrying said movable member, an-operating member mounted for movement in la plane parallel to said stationary pressingface, an operating treadle, a rod operatively connected to said treadle, an open socket carried by said swinging arm, a ball carried by said rod for engagement in said open socket, and a spring for holding said ball in operative engagement in said socket.

11. A sleeve press, comprising two relatively movable pressing members having vertically disposed coperating pressing surfaces, and means above said members for supporting a sleeve in pressing position therebetween. y

12. A sleeve press, comprising two relatively movable pressing members having vertically disposed cooperating pressing surfaces, and 'a horizontal plate above said members arranged to support a sleeve in pressing position with the cuff thereof beyond the pressing area.

13. vA sleeve press, comprising'two'relatively movable pressing members vhaving vertically disposed coperating pressing surfaces, and a'horizontal plate above said members having a sleeve holding slot lying opposite the space between said members.

In testimony whereof I afiX my signature.

-FORREST J. COUCH. 

